I was thinking this as well when I opened this thread. This used to play on the video board at BDS in 2011 and probably could be considered the colloquial end of All the Way Turnt Up. Need to bring back the night game seizure flashing graphics when opponents are driving towards the South end zoneI believe UVA still does that on defense for basketball games.
One other thing - that VT entrance lives up to the hype and then some live but it's not just Enter Sandman. The entrance ritual begins a few minutes before Enter Sandman with this steady but driving clapping beat from God's Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash. Then it fades out, and they start a stadium wide "LET'S GOOOOOO....HOOOOKIEEEEES" call and response, and then the opening guitar riff to Enter Sandman kicks in and the place releases its several minute build into full mayhem. It's really well chained together - chill inducing college football perfection. Every college football fan should experience it as a bucket list item.
William Tell overture there are several versions including some with metal and lone rangerChange pace with me for a second.
You know how VT has enter sandman, Bama has Dixieland delight, Wisconsin jump around, Michigan Mr. Brightside. In 4 years when Tech is preseason top 25 and Bobby Dodd is filled back up, i wish we had something like that. Yes we do have Budweiser, and it’s awesome, but for something more. What are some yalls ideas for a song or chant or something. I’m liking the idea of Ramblin man by the Allman Brothers (song about Georgia and you know our whole ramble thing) but I’m not sure it’s hype enough for a stadium entrance. Maybe something by OutKast? Atliens?(André 3000 is a fan) idk. Thought it would be a fun ask.
Thanks for this. Disclaimer: it’s unfortunately been years since I’ve been to a Tech game, so I’m not sure exactly what the build-up routine is or has been since the late 90’s. Last game I saw was in 2015.
That being said, I don’t think you can understate the importance of the build-up. I’ve seen it in multiple other stadiums. As you mentioned, VT’s walk-on is not just Enter Sandman - it’s the build-up to that.
1. Maybe band can be on field at half time and not pre game if Major change.Some progress was made last year, but I have long been on record in favor of upgrading the team entrance. The Wreck is iconic leading the players out of the tunnel, but that's all we have right now. Something that gets the whole place rocking is needed.
Why? It's the Yellow Jacket Marching Band playing IARWFGT, and it's uniquely "our thing". I really don't get this at all. It's a great tradition, but it seems tradition doesn't count for spit anymore.Maybe band can be on field at half time and not pre game.
Just trying to respect the thread - idea we need to discuss "our thing".Why? It's the Yellow Jacket Marching Band playing IARWFGT, and it's uniquely "our thing". I really don't get this at all. It's a great tradition, but it seems tradition doesn't count for spit anymore.
Bring on more canned muzak. Sheesh.
Lol y’all are funny. The team literally follows a 100 year old car on to the field. That’s uniquely “our thing”. Nobody else does anything like that. It’s so much “our thing” that the new college football game promoted it as being one of the traditions they took the time to add in.
The entrance isn’t the problem. The problem is the fact that our 55,000 seat stadium rarely has 30,000 people in it by the time the team comes out onto the field. If there ever is more than 30k in the stadium when the teams run on the field, a large portion of them are wearing the other team’s colors.
Our entrance vs. UNC gets featured in this video. at the 5:05 mark. The biggest difference between ours and the other schools featured here is literally just the fans. Ours is the only one that’s not close to being full. Literally just fill BDS with Tech fans, and the Jackets following the Reck onto the field is as good as anything in college football. It’s about the atmosphere in the building. You can play the most hype song, have the best pregame hype video, the coolest LED lights, smoke and fire, etc. but if the stadium isn’t full of the home team’s fans it doesn’t matter. On the flip side, teams have been running out of the tunnel to raucous crowds and electric atmospheres for decades before flashing LED lights and piped in music became a staple in stadiums.
The fans create the atmosphere. The team gives the fans a reason to be there. Better the team: better the fans
Yep. I don't really mind the pumped in music at the start of the game, but afterwards all it does is drown out the band. We have the best fight song in the country - nay, the galaxy - and we need to lead with that then use White and Gold. Also, have a piece of band music - Budwieser (and why haven't they used that in a commercial?) - that everybody likes. It would be great if we could another band piece that would work. But I don't know what it might be.I'm in a tiny minority I know, but what I want to hear before, during, and after the game is the Yellow Jacket Marching Band. Lots of great tunes they could be playing. Dixieland jazz comes to mind.
In this day and age of over-amped, piped-in music, maybe that could be "our thing".
Just win baby!So how do we get folks in stands early? Ludicrous?
I'll have to disagree here. VT was 2-6 when I went to Lane Stadium and the stands were packed when Enter Sandman came on and the place was still rocking. It's just such a good entrance that people who approach gamedays more as social events and aren't even big into the actual result make it a point to be in the stadium for it.Just win baby!
UGA has no problem getting folks to their seats for the team’s entrance. Hell, a lot of the last few COFH games in BDS have been a sea of red mixed with empty seats when the Reck comes out of the tunnel. Put a team on the field that fans want to support and create a good atmosphere for. Yeah, the lights and flare helps build excitement, but even Enter Sandman falls flat when VT is 3-6 about to play a 4-4 Wake Forest team
What else can you do in Blacksburg? Took my youngest son there on his prospective college tour. The main thing they raved about was their food. Thought that a little odd. I did work with a couple of VT engineers that were excellent technically. No complaints with the EE grads I worked with.I'll have to disagree here. VT was 2-6 when I went to Lane Stadium and the stands were packed when Enter Sandman came on and the place was still rocking. It's just such a good entrance that people who approach gamedays more as social events and aren't even big into the actual result make it a point to be in the stadium for it.
I'll go for that, Stop the piped in garbage.I'm in a tiny minority I know, but what I want to hear before, during, and after the game is the Yellow Jacket Marching Band. Lots of great tunes they could be playing. Dixieland jazz comes to mind.
In this day and age of over-amped, piped-in music, maybe that could be "our thing".